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1856 Project Looks into Black Experience at UMD

close up of Frederick Douglass statue in front of Hornbake Library on the UMCP campus

By Hannah Ziegler, The Diamondback

Members of the University of Maryland community got a first glimpse Monday into the work of this university’s 1856 Project — an initiative that looks to investigate the Black experience at this university and analyze institutional ties to slavery...

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Photo by Daryl Perry